1. Matthew Glaetzer was born on 24 August 1992 and is an Australian track cyclist specialising in sprint events.
16 Facts About Matthew Glaetzer
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Matthew Glaetzer has represented Australia at four Olympic Games.
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Matthew Glaetzer competed in the team sprint event at the 2012 Summer Olympics, and won the 2012 World Championship in the team sprint with Scott Sunderland and Shane Perkins.
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On 12 November 2017, at the World Cup competition in Manchester, Matthew Glaetzer became the first rider ever to break the 1:00-minute mark for 1 km time trial, at sea level velodrome.
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At the 2018 Commonwealth Games, Matthew Glaetzer won gold in the men's keirin.
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Matthew Glaetzer was eliminated from the men's sprint in the quarterfinals.
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At the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, Matthew Glaetzer courted controversy during the Keirin finals when he allowed a huge gap between Jason Kenny from Great Britain and the rest of the field.
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Matthew Glaetzer competed in the men's individual sprint event where he came 4th.
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On 28 June 2024, Matthew Glaetzer was announced as a member of Australia's 2024 Olympics track cycling squad, the fourth Games of his career.
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Matthew Glaetzer won his first Olympic medals in Paris; a bronze in the team sprint alongside Hoffman and Richardson, and a bronze in the keirin.
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Matthew Glaetzer stated that he has been a Christian all his life, but drifted from God during his teens due to injuries.
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Matthew Glaetzer rededicated his life to God at a camp run by his local church.
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Matthew Glaetzer said God gave him the gift of cycling.
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Matthew Glaetzer leads a youth group at Influencers Church in Paradise, Adelaide.
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Matthew Glaetzer is a student at University of South Australia, where he is studying a degree in Human Movement.
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Matthew Glaetzer has stated that he wants to go into physiotherapy when he retires from cycling.